Bernice: Get ready to vote..

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[PLAINFIELD TODAY]

•  "Mapps host event for Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman Wednesday evening"
  
•  "Bill Clinton campaigns for Hillary at Union County College Wednesday"
•  "Adventure volunteerism in Nepal discussed at Library tonight"
  
•  "Groundbreaking for South Second Street development Thursday" -- Note date correction.

CLIPS is your daily roundup of links to blog posts and news about Plainfield or affecting Plainfielders. Begun in 2003 as an email newsletter to Plainfield city council members when I was Plainfield's public information officer, it was later offered to the general public by email and has been available as a blog since 2007. If you have questions, suggestions or tips, email me at plaindan@gmail.com.

NEWS --

Concert:  "Sister Sledge to headline free concert Saturday"
Shootings:  "Elizabeth activist plans Plainfield anti-violence rally Thursday"
Obituary:  "Willie Lee Major II" -- Shooting victim.
Food Recall:  "General Mills recalls flour over possible E. coli link"

Candidates in NJ --

• "Jon Bon Jovi welcomes Hillary at Rutgers-Newark event Wednesday"
• "Former president Clinton at Union County College rally Wednesday"
• "Clinton leads Trump in NJ, but it's close" -- Too early for this kind of polling to be meaningful.
• "Trump on winning Garden State: I am New Jersey"

Gun Violence Awareness:  "You may see a lot of orange on Thursday. Here's why"
Hospitals:  "CarePoint hospitals cut down ER wait time with home check-in service"
Nercer County:  "Parks director's paid leave extended amind continuing corruption probe"
North Plainfield --

• "Seven displaced in fire"
• "Boro man gets life sentence for murder"

Sex Trafficking:  "Trio ran prostitution ring with teenage girls in Union County"
Uber:  "Ex-Uber driver in NJ seeks to sue about overtime pay" -- So, is the gig economy subject to overtime rules?

2016 Candidates --

• "Trump lashes out at media over gifts to vets" -- Politico | NYTimes |
• "How Clinton, Trump ared in most recent national poll"

2017 Guv Race --

• "Meet the Super Bowl champ likely to run for governor"

Atlantic City:  "Sweeney: New rescue plan unlikely to solve AC's problems"
Gas Tax:  "Ad wars over gas tax hike proposal have begun"
Infrastructure:  "Booker, labor and business leaders: NJ's infrastructure must not crumble" -- OpEd, Ledger.
Medicaid:  "Feds: State owes counties $37M for overpayments"
Legislature:  "Bill looks to push mob out of NJ recycling" -- NJSpot | Ledger |
Transgender Issues:  "Poll: Jerseyans split on transgender use of bathrooms"
Zika Virus:  "First NJ baby born with Zika-related birth defect"

Obituary:  "Lucille Stone Richards, 90, women's pro baseball shortstop" -- Jezebel | Boston Globe |


RECENT BLOG POSTS --

[BERNICE]  Get ready to vote.

[OLDDOC]   on upcoming and past presidential elections. (5/31/16)

[Mayor MAPP] Mayor Mapp squelches misleading Board of Ed election rumors. (4/11/16)

[Councilor STORCH]  in support of Anderson-Hurtt-Pile for school board. (4/20/16)

[Councilor WILLIAMS]  Honoring our dead, Memorial Day 2016. (5/30/16)

[DAVID]  urges support of family that lost Clinton Avenue home in fire. (5/77/16)

[JACKIE]  Week in review includes Vietnam War Memorial pix. (5/29/16)

[REBECCA at Bathrobe Blogger]  posts pix from Hannah Atkins pool opening. (5/28/2016)

[NOEL at PALS]  YES basketball tournament, 6th-8th Grade Division. (3/26/16).

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